Where Art Happens
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018-2019, 18th Street Arts Center is one of the top 20 artist residency programs in the US, and the largest in Southern California. Conceived as a radical think tank in the shape of an artist community, 18th Street supports artists from around the globe to imagine, research, and develop significant, meaningful new artworks and share them with the public to foster radical imagination, empathy, and positive social change.
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Katya Kan | Open Studio | LARP it out
Katya Kan | LARP it out Saturday November 23 | 7PM-midnight 18th Street Arts Center | 1639 18th Street Studio 1659-A Join us for an evening of LARP (live action role play) and be any character that you…
Jimena Sarno | Score for the Near Future | Culminating Performance
Jimena Sarno | Score for the Near Future Artist Lab Exhibition | October 19 - December 14, 2019 Culminating Performance | December 12, 2019 | 7-8 PM Main Gallery | 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica For her Artist…
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18th Street Arts Center is closed due to fire
Due to the Getty Fire - 18th Street Arts Center is closing our office and…
THE SOCIAL TERRITORIES OF A WARMING WORLD — Self-organised Advocacies for Spatial Justice
THE SOCIAL TERRITORIES OF A WARMING WORLD - Episode 7 Self-organised Advocacies for Spatial Justice…
We are expanding to the Santa Monica Airport!
We are pleased to announce the expansion of our supportive artist services to a second…